A familiar face at San Francisco’s Green Festival was Mr. Ellie Pooh , a company that makes paper from elephant dung. Elephants in Sri Lanka are killed for their interference with agriculture, but they interfere with agriculture simply because they’re running out of space of their own. By making a lucrative market for paper from their dung, they’re given a better chance at survival. … Read the full story on TreeHugger

See more here:
SF Green Festival 09 – Elephant Poo Paper Saves Pachyderms